Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Original LP cover art (1964 Decca)
Soundtrack album by
cast
ReleasedDecember 13, 1964 (LP)
June 1, 1995 (CD)
Recorded1964
GenreSoundtrack, Christmas music, Traditional pop
Length35:22
LabelDecca Records (LP)
MCA Records (CD)
Alternative cover
CD re-issue cover art (1995 MCA)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a soundtrack album to the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special of the same name. The original cast recordings from the TV special (side "A" of the original LP release) are supplemented with instrumental versions recorded by the Decca Concert Orchestra (on side "B") on the Compact Disc version. All songs used in the television special were written by Johnny Marks.

The original LP album was first released in 1964, and reissued as a CD in 1995.[2] The CD was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 30, 2004.[3] The album has sold 1,411,200 copies in the United States since 1991 when SoundScan began tracking sales.[4]

Track listing

LP side A:

  1. Overture and "A Holly Jolly Christmas"[note 1] – 2:23
  2. "Jingle Jingle Jingle" – 1:13
  3. "We Are Santa's Elves" – 1:31
  4. "There's Always Tomorrow" – 1:42
  5. "We're a Couple of Misfits" – 1:18
  6. "Silver and Gold" – 1:42
  7. "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year" – 2:18
  8. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – 1:18
  9. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Finale – 1:19

LP side B (instrumental versions):

  1. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – 1:50
  2. "There's Always Tomorrow" – 2:22
  3. "Jingle Jingle Jingle" – 2:14
  4. "We're a Couple of Misfits" – 1:50
  5. "Silver and Gold" – 2:21
  6. "We Are Santa's Elves" – 1:09
  7. "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year" – 2:22
  8. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – 1:32
  9. Christmas Medley: "The Night Before Christmas Song" / "A Merry Merry Christmas" / "When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter" / "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – 3:17
  10. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" – 1:41

Voices and personnel

Charts

Notes

  1. ^ The recordings of "A Holly Jolly Christmas" featured on this album and heard in the TV special, were never released as singles, and none of them became the one commonly heard during the holiday season. That version—featuring Burl Ives with an acoustic guitar intro and a slower tempo—was a different recording; first released as a single in November of 1964 (B-side track, "Snow for Johnny"), and then featured the following year on Ives' 1965 Christmas album Have a Holly Jolly Christmas.

References

  1. ^ Dave Connolly review at allmusic.com
  2. ^ Connolly, Dave. "Burl Ives: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "American album certifications – Burl Ives – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". Recording Industry Association of America.
  4. ^ Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  5. ^ Explanation of alternate versions of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at imdb.com and at cbspressexpress.com
  6. ^ "Burl Ives Chart History (Top Catalog Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Burl Ives Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "Burl Ives Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  9. ^ "Burl Ives Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "Burl Ives Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  11. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  12. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

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